Reversing regenerative furnace.



L.L.KNOX. V REVERSING REGENERATIVE FURNACE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, 1913.

1,085,1 38. Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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NVENTOR L. L. KNOX REVERSING RBGENEBATIVE FURNACE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1913. 1,085,1 38. Patented Jan 27, 1914.

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F I I w m M Q m WITNESSES L. L. KNOX.

REVERSING REGENERATIVE FURNACE.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, 1913.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914.,

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REVERSING REGENERATIVE FURNAGE.

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1913. 1,0851 38, Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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L. L. KNOX. REVERSING REGENERATIVE FURNACE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1913.

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REVERSING REGENERATIVE FURNACE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1913.

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LUTHER L. KNOX, OF AVALON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO KEYSTONE FURNACE CONSTRUCTION COMI ANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNQYLVANIA.

REVERSING REGENERATIVE FURNACE.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

Application filed January 9, 1913. Serial No. 741,125.

useful Reversing Regenerative Furnace, of

which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a portion of one end of one form of furnace embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the manner of supporting a portion of the roof arch. Fig. 4 is a. detail perspective view of a portion of one of the air coolers. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line VV of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a View partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section of the frame of the removable section of the furnace, with the refractory parts removed. Fig. 7 is a view of the same frame partly in top plan and partly in section. Fig. 8 is a vertical section on the line VIII-VIII of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view of one of the injectors. F ig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified construction. Fig. 11 is a section on the line XIXI of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a vertical longitudinal section through one end portion of another form of furnace; and Fig. 13 is a transverse vertical section of a portion of the furnace structure and showing other features of my invention.

My invention has relation to reversing regenerative furnaces, and is particularly adapted to open hearth steel furnaces.

The main object of my invention is to provide means of improved character for cooling and protecting the nose portions of the gas and air ports. 1

A further object is to improve the construction of the said ports and of the gas and air uptakes, and also the slag pots at the base of the uptakes.

My invention is also designed to improve the construction of the furnace in other re spects as will hereinafterfully appear.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which I have shown the I preferred embodiments thereof, and which will now be described, it being premised, however, that the invention is susceptible to other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims.

Referring first to that 'form of my invention which is shown. in Figs. 1 to -8' inclusive, the numeral 2 designates the hearth portion of the furnace which may be of usual or suitable construction; 3 the gas uptake having the slag pocket 4 at its lower end; and 5 the air uptakes, one at each side of the gas uptake, and having slag pockets 7 at their lower ends. 8 designates the frame work of the main furnace structure and 9 the frame work of the uptake and port portions of the furnace. 10 designates the gas. port which leads into the furnace from the upper end of the gas uptake 3, and 11 over the gas port and with which the air uptakes 5 communicate at their upper ends.

The upper sections 6 of the air uptakes, ineluding the arched roof Wall, are removable from the lower portions of the uptakes, the separation being at the joints 12 which are preferably provided with interposed water coolers 13. This upper removable portion of the air uptakes and air port is preferably provided with an exterior sheet metal casing 14, which is formed with the skews 15 for the ends of the roof arch 11", as best shown in Fig. 5. The inner wall of this inner section is also preferably provided with a sheet metal casing or lining 14. The rear portion of the gas port 10 and the upper portion of the gas uptake 3 also forms a removable unit, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 5, being supported at 16 on the walls of the lower portion of the uptake 3. This section is seated in the space between the upper uptake section 6, and is removable endwise therefrom. This removable section comprises side and end Walls and a roof arch 17. The side and end walls are preferably provided with a series of water coolers 18 built therein, and are also provided with a metal casing 19 having upward extensions 20 which form skews to support the roof arch 17. This arch is further supported by the top binders 21 which are connected to flanges of the skews 20.

It has been found in practice that the nose or inner end portion of the gas port is the this; nose or inner end portion of the gas port, as a separately removable section; and 1 struction of this frame.

rapidly cuts away and becomes destroyed by the action of the furnace gases. If this portionv of the gas port can be maintained in substantially its original form, comparatively little trouble is experienced with the 'rear portion of said port. I therefore form I also make thisremovable section-form the nose end of the air port, including a section of the roofv wall thereof. '-This removable section comprises a frame, which'i's preferably constructed-of sheet metal. In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, I have shown the preferred con- It is of general rectangular form extending the entire-width of this portion 6f the furnace, and having an inclosecl lower portion 22' forming a water chamber of relatively large volume and which surrounds the arched gas port opening 23. The arched top of this opening is formed with the skew surfaces 24 to carry the refractory arch lining 25,. the sides. and bottom of the openingvbein'g also lined with refractory material, as shown at, 26. The portion of the inclosed Water chamber above the opening 23 is preferably of L-shape (see Fig. 1) with the upwardly extending portion 27 at-its rear end. It isalso preferably formed with the .downwardly extending lip or projection 28 at its forward end, and

which acts to protect the end of the refractory arched lining 25-. This portion of the removable sect-ion also has the extensions 28 at each side, and which project upwardly at opposite sides of the lower portion of the air port opening 29 of the removable section. This opening is lined with refractory material, "as indicated at 30,"this refractory material and the arched lining 25 substantially inclosing'the upper portion of the Water cooling chamber of the section. By the prov vision of the upward extension 27, I am ableto extend the cooling effect to a point near-thesurface of the bottom lining 30 of the air port and, thus secure a mammum cooling effect thereon. The upward exten--- sions 28 carry skew channels31 (see Figs. 6 and 8), which "support the removable roof section 32 of the air port. These skews are inclined in two directions to suit the downward inclination of the air port roof and also the spring of the arch. At each end, the frame of the removable section is extended upwardly above the skew channels 31 to support a water tank 33 which extends the entire length of the section. Leading downwardly from each end .of this tank is a vertical pipe 34 whichextends to a point near the bottom of the inclosed water chamher at the lower portion of the section, the lower ends of the two vertical pipes being a perforated branch or loop 36 extending upwardly and through thenose portion of the water cooled arch above said opening 23. The relatively cold water is thus discharged at the lower part of the removable section and directly against the walls of the gas port, where it is most efiective. The heated water rises in each of its side extensions 28 and thence upwardly through the pipes 37 into the tank 33, where it is discharged. A portion of this discharged water will enter the open upperends of the vertical pipes 34. This, however, is preferably supplemented by a fresh supply of cold water supplied by thepipe 38 having jet nozzles 39 which extend downwardly into the contracted upper from the circulating tank- 33 in the said pipes 34. In this manner an eflicient 011011- lation of water is maintained in the cooling chambersof the .removable section. The entire section can be removed either trans-' versely or vertically, as may be desired, for repairs and a renewal of the refractory linings. The entire'nose portion of the gas port is, by the construction described, surrounded by a relatively large body of cooling. water, which is maintained in active circulation. The refractory wall between thenose portions of the gas and airports is also well protected by the relatively large body of water therein, and also at the sides there-. of, due to the upward extensions 28*,the' latter extending upwardly to the baseof the roof arch 32 at each side. The upper portion of the gas uptake and the rear part of the gas port are also well protected by thecoolers 18. It will also be noted from Figs. 1 to 5 that there is an air chamber of considerable volume surrounding this part of the gas uptake and gas port, the roof arch 17 of this partof the gas port being separated from the bottom wall 11 of the rear portion of the air port. .The entire gas port including the upper part of the gas uptake is thereby efliciently protected; and furthermore, the construction is such that any partof e gas port canbe readily repaired.

I ediatel'y forward of the removable secti 11 just described, I preferably provide the elatively large hollow vertical air coolers 40. These coolers, one at each side of the furnace, have offsets 41 at their lower portions, which abut directly against the upward extensions 28 of the remoyable section. Their inner faces are formed with skew surfaces 42 (see Figs. 3 and 4) which support the roof arch of the air port in front of the removable section. In addition to acting as air coolers for the adjacent part of the furnace structure, and as means for supporting the roof arch, these coolers also 3 mamas act as binders or buck-stays for the furnace walls, their upper reduced end portions projecting above the roof arches and being connected by longitudinal and transverse tiebolts 43 (see Fig. 1).

The heart-l1 of the furnace is preferably set in themetal casing44 (see Fig. 13)the upper edges of this casing being flanged outwardly to form seats 45 for the lower ends of the vertical buck-stays 46 of the main furnace frame 8. These flanges are preferably at the bottom level of the charging door openings 47. By this construction the upper part of the frame 8 can be readily dismantled to facilitate rebuilding or repairs of the furnace body and heart-h.

In Figs. 10 and 11 I have shown my invention applied to that-type of furnace in which the gas uptake 48 and the air uptakes l9 are constructed independently of each other and of the walls of the furnace proper, being surrounded by air. In this form the uptakes are preferably constructed in separable sections having water coolers 50- interposed between the joints thereof. The upper portion 51 of the gas uptake, and including the rear portion 52 of the gas port. is removable as a unit in substantially the same manner as in the form first described, the gas port 52 extending inwardly between the top sections 53 of the air uptakes. The

latter, together with the rear portion 54 ofthe air port, can also be lifted and removed bodily as a unit, in substantially the same manner as first described. 55 designates the removable section which is similar to the removable section of the form first described. I have, in these figures, also shown the uptakes as being provided with removable slag pockets 56 mounted on the trucks 56 adapted to be run on tracks 57 on the bottom of the pit 58. Placed underneath these trucks are hydraulic cylinders 59 whose plungers are adapted to raise the slag pockets and trucks ofi" the tracks 57 when in proper positions underneath the respective uptakes, and thus seal the water cooler joints at the upper ends of the pockets. These pockets extend upwardly to a point just below the passages leading to the regenerato-rs 60, as shown in Fig. 11.

In Fig. 12, I have illustrated a modification of the removable section. In this form, instead of providing the section with a water circulating tank at its upper end, the entire roof of the air port is of sectional construction, being formed by transversely extending water coolers 61, which sup-port the refractory arch 62. A part of these water cooled roof sections are carried by the removable section in the same manner as the portion of the roof arch in the form first described.

While, in the accompanying drawings, I have shown my invention as applied to one end only of a furnace, it will be understood that the construction at both ends will be substantially the same as that described.

My invention provides efiicient means for the cooling of those parts of the ports and uptakes which are most subject to the destructive action of the hot gases; and furthermore, it provides for the ready removal and reconstruction of such parts.

I donot wish to limit myself to the restricted construction and arrangement which I have herein shown and described, as it will be obvious that the details can be widely varied within the spirit and scope of my invention.

My invention is also applicable to other types of furnaces than those which are here-v in illustrated.

I claim:

1. A structural member for use in the construction and cooling of reversing regenerative furnaces, said element comprising a unitary metallic frame having gas and air port openings and also having means for supporting refractory walls or linings for said openings, substantial portions of said frame adjacent to said openings being'hollow to form cooling chambers; substantially as described.

2. A structural member for use in the construction and cooling of reversing regenerative furnaces, said element comprising a unitary metallic frame having gas and air port openings, and also having means for supporting refractor walls or linings for said openings, said rame having a hollow lower portion through which the gas port opening extends, and which is of a width substantially equal to the Width of the air port opening, and which forms a cooling chamber; substantially as described.

3. A structural member for use in the construction and cooling of reversing regenerative furnaces, said element comprising a unitary metallic frame having gas and air port openings, and also having means forsupporting refractorywalls or linings for said openings, said frame having a hollow lower portion extending at each side of and above the gas port opening and forming a cooling chamber for the'side and top Walls of said opening; subst ntially as described.

4. A structural mem er for use in the construction and cooling of reversing regenerative tfurnaces, said member comprising a unitary metallic frame of general rectangular form with substantially parallel front and rear sides, said frame having gas and 'air port openings provided with means for supporting refractory walls for said openings, said frame having a hollow lower portion forming a cooling chamber; substantially as described.

5. A furnace of the character described, having a removable transverse section which carries the nose portion of the gas and air ports and also a part of the roof of the air port, said section having a water circulating tank mounted thereon, and connections leading from said tank to points adjacent to the nose portion ofthe gas port opening of said section; substantially as described.

6. A furnace of the character described, having a removable transverse section which carries the nose portion of the gas and air ports and also a part of the roof of the air port, said section having a cooling chamber completely surrounding the nose portion of the gas port, a water circulating tank also mounted on the removable section, and circulating connections extending from said tank to the cooling portion of the said section; substantiallyas described. o

7. A furnace of the character described, having a removable transverse section which carries the nose portion of the gas and air ports and also a portion of the roofjwall of the air port, said section comprisingaframehaving a water chamber therein surrounding its gas portopening and extending upwardly at the sides of its air port opening, and having skew channels at the sidesof the last named opening for supporting a section of the roof arch; substantially as described.

' 8. A furnace of the character described,

of the roof arch of the air port, the urnace.

also having a removable portion which forms the rear part of the gas port, said section and portion being removable eachindependently of the other; substantially as described. t Y

9- A furnaceof the character described,

having a single unitary removable transverse section which carries the nose portions of the gas and air ports and also a port-ion of the roof arch of the airport, the furnace also having an endwise removable-portion whlch forms the rear partof the gas port and also the upper portion of thegas uptake, said section and portion being removable each independently of theother.

1-0. A furnace of the characterndescribed having a removable transverse section seated between the body of the furnace and the air and gas uptakes,'said section comprislng a unitary metallic frame having openings therethrough which form the inner end portions of the gas and airports, said frame also having water chambers therein and being formedjto support refractory linings for said port openings and also a section of the roof wall of the air port, the furnace also having removable uptake sections carrying the outer end portions of the gas and air' ports; substantially as described.

11. A furnace of the character described,

' having a removable transverse section combody of thefurnace and the gas and air upi takes, said frame having air and gas port openmgs and provided with means for-sup porting refractory walls or linings for said openings, substantial portions of said frame adjacent to said openings being hollow to form cooling chambers, substantially as described.

12. Afurnace of the character described,

having a removable transverse section comprising a unitary frame having air and gas port openings extending therethrough, and also having, component portions thereof hollow to forma water chamber which entirely surrounds the gas' port opening and is provided with means for carrying a refrachaving a water chamber surrounding the gas port opening thereimthe portion of said chamber above saidopening. having an upward extension, at each side of theair port Opening o gh the section; substantially 'as.described.

14., A furnace of the character described,

having a removabletransverse section com= -prisinga through which form the nose-portions of the-gas and air.- ports, said frame having a water cooled chamber which surrounds the frame having. open ngs theregas port opening, the upperportion of rsaid chamber having an upward extensionat its rear end; substantially as described.

15. A furnace of the character described, having a removable transverse section comprising a frame having openings therethrough which form the nose portions of the gas and air ports, said frame having a water cooled chamber which surrounds the gas port opening, the upper portion of said water chamberhaving a downwardextension at its forward end; substantially as described.

16. A'furnace of the character described, I 1 7 having a removable section comprising a u \I u transverse portion wh ch constitutes the rear part of the air port of the furnace and two downward extensions which. constitute the upper partof the air-uptakes of the furnace,

said removable section having rgfractory walls provided with metal casings, said casings having skew-forming extensions which support the-archedroof member of the section over the gas port; substantially as described. 1 r a 17. A furnace of the character described, having a removable section which forms the upper port-ion of the gas uptake furnace and also the rear portion of the gas port thereof, said section comprising refractory walls having a metal casing, said casing having skewforming portions which support the roof arch of the section over the gas port; substantially as described.

18. A furnace of the character described, having hollow vertical air coolers at opposite sides thereof at points beyond the inner ends of the gas and air ports and between such ends and the hearth portion of the furnace, said coolers forming supports for portions of the furnace walls, and opening to the atmosphere attheir upper ends; substantially as described.

19. A furnace of the character described, having hollow vertical air coolers at opposite sides thereof beyond the inner ends of thegas and air ports and between said ends at the hearth portion of the furnace, and means for tying said coolers together above the furnace roof to cause them to form a part of the furnace frame or bracing; substantially as described.

20. A furnace of the character described, having a hollow vertical post-or column ex tending upwardly along its side wall adjacent to the inner ends of the gas and air ports of the furnace, and terminating in an open upper end at a point above the adjacent Portion of the top roof of the furnace; substantially as described.

21. A furnace of the character described, having hollow vertical air coolers at opposite sides thereof adjacent to the inner ends of the gas and air ports, said coolers having supporting means for a portion of the roof Wall of the furnace; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand.

LUTHER L. KNOX. Witnesses:

Gno. HHPARMELEE, H. M. CORWIN. 

